KallumR Posted June 14, 2014 Share #1 Â Posted June 14, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) So I've been looking at Leica R lenses for a while (seeing as they are considerably cheaper than M). And I was wondering; Are the R lenses Just as good as M? (if not ill get an M lens) and, Is the Leica R-M adapter any good? I know they exist but I was wondering if it ruined the image, and If it is even worth it. Â Thanks for helping me out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lm_user Posted June 14, 2014 Share #2 Â Posted June 14, 2014 I assume you are putting these on a non leica camera. If so - M lenses with focal lengths less than 50mm tend to not work well on anything but Leica rangefinders. R lenses are good lenses also - and should work better on non leica mirrorless cameras. I would just buy thd AF lenses designed to work with your camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KallumR Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share #3 Â Posted June 15, 2014 Um no sorry, forgot to add that, putting these lenses on an M8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted June 15, 2014 Share #4 Â Posted June 15, 2014 The Leica M to R adapter is designed for use on the M240 and afaik won't work on the M8 or M9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
india42 Posted June 15, 2014 Share #5 Â Posted June 15, 2014 I don't believe the Leica adapter is rangefinder coupled. I think you can use it on the M8, however you will have no way to focus the R lens. On the M(240) you can use Live View or the EVF attachment. Â I don't have the adapter because I have no R lenses, so I could be wrong. Â Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJWhite Posted June 15, 2014 Share #6  Posted June 15, 2014 I don't believe the Leica adapter is rangefinder coupled. I think you can use it on the M8, however you will have no way to focus the R lens. On the M(240) you can use Live View or the EVF attachment. I don't have the adapter because I have no R lenses, so I could be wrong.  Paul  There is no way to rangefinder couple an R lens, at least not without doing a rebuild of the lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted June 16, 2014 Share #7 Â Posted June 16, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) The Leica R to M adapter works great on the M240 which it was designed for. It is certainly not coupled and you need the live view or EVF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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